London School of Economics Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) LSE
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)

Past Seminars:
CASE Welfare Policy and Analysis Seminars


These seminars are held on Wednesdays in term time at 12:45-14:00 in 32L 1.04 1st Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields WC2A 3PH (unless specified otherwise).

This seminar is organised by Ludovica Gambaro Email: l.f.gambaro@lse.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)20-7955-6683 and Dr Ruth Lupton Email: r.lupton@lse.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)20-7849-4910. For further information and papers, when available, please contact:
Cheryl Conner Email: c.j.conner@lse.ac.uk, Tel: +44(0)20-7955-6562.

Sandwiches and soft drinks are provided. All welcome.


13 March 2013   12:45 - 14:00
Benefits stigma in Britain
Ben Baumberg (University of Kent) , joint with Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney
Location: 32L 1.04
1st Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields

13 February 2013   12:45 - 14:00
International differences in wealth inequality: The role of economic, demographic and institutional factors
Abigail McKnight (CASE) , joint with Eleni Karagiannaki
Location: 32L 1.04
1st Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields

23 January 2013   12:45 - 14:00
Modelling the distributional and revenue effects of taxes on wealth: New evidence from the UK Wealth and Assets Survey
Howard Reed (Landman Economics)
Location: 32L 1.04
1st Floor Conference Room, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields

28 November 2012   12:45 - 14:00
The distributional effects of fiscal consolidation in the EU
Holly Sutherland (ISER, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

07 November 2012   12:45 - 14:00
Worklessness dynamics in deprived areas: Evidence from Manchester
Helen Barnes (University of Oxford) , joint with David McLennan. You may also be interested in the following paper available at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2011-2012/rrep779.pdf
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

24 October 2012   12:45 - 14:00
Using randomized controlled trials in social policy: A case study of mixed methods research with troubled families
Liz Richardson (University of Manchester)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

02 May 2012   12:45 - 14:00
Decentralising the means-test: The design of student bursaries from October 2012.
John Hills (CASE, LSE) , joint with Ben Richards
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

14 March 2012   12:45 - 14:00
The changing architecture of the UK welfare state
John Hills (CASE, LSE) , joint with Dan Edmiston
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

15 February 2012   12:45 - 14:00
The importance of independent income: Understanding the role of non-means-tested earnings replacement benefits
Holly Sutherland (ISER, University of Essex) , joint with Fran Bennett
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

01 February 2012   12:45 - 14:00
Don't even think about it! The role of automatic processes in explaining behaviour and their implications for research and policy
Paul Dolan (LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

18 January 2012   12:45 - 14:00
Migrant and student employment and labour market opportunities for less skilled people: Insights from one local labour market
Anne Green (University of Warwick)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

23 November 2011   12:45 - 14:00
A job in itself: Looking for work in today's labour market
Rebecca Tunstall (University of York) , joint with Ruth Lupton
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

26 October 2011   12:45 - 14:00
Measuring fuel poverty: Does the current approach measure up?
John Hills (CASE, LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

12 October 2011   12:45 - 14:00
The Precariat: The new dangerous class
Guy Standing (University of Bath)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

25 May 2011   12:45 - 14:00
Wage top-ups and work incentives: Claimant experiences of New Labour's working tax credit scheme
Hartley Dean (LSE) , joint with Gerry Mitchell
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

09 March 2011   12:45 - 14:00
The low-pay, no-pay cycle: Understanding recurrent poverty
Tracy Shildrick (Teesside University) , joint with Robert MacDonald
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

16 February 2011   12:45 - 14:00
The intergenerational transmission of worklessness
Lindsey Macmillan (University of Bristol)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

19 January 2011   12:45 - 14:00
Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe
Aaron Grech (Department for Work and Pensions)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

01 December 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Working neighbourhoods? The role and meaning of work in six areas of high worklessness
Richard Crisp (Sheffield Hallam University)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

10 November 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Employers' role in the low pay-no pay cycle
Hilary Metcalf (National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

03 November 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe
CANCELLED
Aaron Grech (Department for Work and Pensions)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

20 October 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Employing the capability approach to compare pensioners' well-being across UK countries
Lucas Pedace (HM Treasury)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

19 May 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Decarbonising the welfare state
CANCELLED
Ian Gough (CASE, London School of Economics)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

05 May 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Making Markets in Employment Services: Lessons from other countries
Dan Finn (University of Portsmouth and Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

10 March 2010   12:45 - 14:00
The impact of the Pathways to Work programme on incapacity benefits customers: An analysis of administrative and survey data
Helen Bewley (National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

03 March 2010   12:45 - 14:00
Mothers' employment in a child's first year and subsequent child development: Analysis of cohort study evidence from US and GB
Heather Joshi (Institute of Education)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

10 February 2010   12:45 - 14:00
The living standards of families with children reporting low incomes
Mike Brewer (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

18 November 2009   12:45 - 14:00
Public attitudes to inequality: Implications for policy
Louise Bamfield (The Fabian Society) , joint with Tim Horton
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

04 November 2009   12:45 - 14:00
Better off Working? Work sustainability and feelings of poverty among low-paid workers
Kathryn Ray (Policy Studies Institute)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

21 October 2009   12:45 - 14:00
Do disabled men suffer discrimination in pay?
Simonetta Longhi (ISER, University of Essex) , joint with Cheti Nicoletti
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

13 May 2009   12:45 - 14:00
The determinants of poverty duration in European countries
Giacomo Damioli (ISER, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

04 March 2009   12:45 - 14:00
The route to take-up: Raising incentives or lowering barriers
Francesca Zantomio (ISER, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

11 February 2009   12:45 - 14:00
Realising potential: A vision for personalised conditionality and support
Paul Gregg (University of Bristol and CEP)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

10 December 2008   12:45 - 14:00
Health, Wealth and Consumption Among Older People
Eleni Karagiannaki (CASE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

03 December 2008   13:45 - 15:00
The Changing Earnings of Employees, Migrants and Families
Richard Dickens (University of Sussex & CEP) , joint with Abigail McKnight, CASE, London School of Economics
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

12 November 2008   12:45 - 14:00
A Minimum Income Standard for Britain: What people think
Jonathan Bradshaw (Social Policy Research Unit, University of York) , joint with Noel Smith, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

07 May 2008   12:45 - 14:00
The impact of benefit and tax uprating on incomes and poverty
Holly Sutherland (ISER, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

20 February 2008   12:45 - 14:00
Cash, care and child poverty
David Piachaud (Social Policy and CASE, LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

13 February 2008   12:45 - 14:00
Are lone mothers responsive to policy changes? A study of a Norwegian welfare reform
Chiara Pronzato (ISER, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

12 December 2007   12:45 - 14:00
Evidence of an Asset-Effect on Earnings? New results from the 1958 birth cohort study.
Abigail McKnight (CASE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

28 November 2007   12:45 - 14:00
A child's-eye view of social difference
Liz Sutton (Loughborough University)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

14 November 2007   12:45 - 14:00
For what we dream of: Identity, poverty, wealth and politics in Britain
Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

16 May 2007   12:45 - 14:00
The next steps in welfare to work?
Alan Marsh (Policy Studies Institute)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

28 February 2007   12:45 - 14:00
Poverty: thinking multi-dimensionally
Robert Walker (Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

22 February 2007   12:45 - 14:00
Economic Analysis of Higher Education Finance in Europe. An empirical assessment using EU micro-data
Vincent Vandenberghe (Economics, UCL - Belgium)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

07 February 2007   12:45 - 14:00
The new Employment and Support Allowance and the retreat from long-term benefit reform
Roy Sainsbury (Social Policy Research Unit, University of York)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

22 November 2006   12:45 - 14:00
Which pensioners don't spend their income and why?
Naomi Finch (Social Policy Research Unit, University of York)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

01 November 2006   12:45 - 14:00
Are 'poor' pensioners 'deprived'?
Richard Berthoud (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

25 October 2006   12:45 - 14:00
Pension policy in EU25 and its likely impact on pension benefits
Asghar Zaidi (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

03 May 2006   12:45 - 14:00
Government Benefits, Inequality and Employment
Lane Kenworthy (University of Arizona)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

15 March 2006   12:45 - 14:00
Avoiding poverty over time: Households, work and welfare
Jane Millar (Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath) , joint with Karen Gardiner
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

01 March 2006   16:30 - 17:45
Tracking income: How volatile are short-term incomes?
John Hills (CASE, LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

15 February 2006   12:45 - 14:00
Give and take: Public attitudes to redistribution
Tom Sefton (CASE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

07 December 2005   12:00 - 14:00
Meeting the challenges and making the choices: The second report of the Pensions Commission (places limited, please register with Yusuf Osman at y.osman@lse.ac.uk)
John Hills (CASE, LSE) , joint with Discussants Alison O'Connell (Pensions Policy Institute) and Nicholas Barr (LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

30 November 2005   12:45 - 14:00
Frustrated ambition: The education and employment of disabled young people (Launch of new Joseph Rowntree Report)
Tania Burchardt (CASE, London School of Economics)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

16 November 2005   12:45 - 14:00
Public expectations of pension provision
Peter Taylor-Gooby (University of Kent)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

19 October 2005   12:45 - 14:00
Saving through the lifecycle
CANCELLED
Deborah Cooper (Mercer Human Resource Accounting)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

09 March 2005   12:45 - 14:00
Child poverty and family transfers in southern Europe
Panos Tsakloglou (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

02 March 2005   12:45 - 14:00
The consequences of in-work benefit reform for British lone mothers: Panel data evidence
Marco Francesconi (Economics Department, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

16 February 2005   12:45 - 14:00
Poverty measurement: A New Zealand perspective
Bob Stephens (School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

24 November 2004   12:45 - 14:00
Opportunities of a lifetime: Model lifetime analysis of current British social policy.
Martin Evans (Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

10 November 2004   12:45 - 14:00
Participatory approaches to research on poverty
Fran Bennett (Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

13 October 2004   12:45 - 14:00
Pensions: Challenges and Choices - First Report of the Independent Pensions Commission
John Hills (CASE, LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

28 January 2004   12:45 - 14:00
Savings policy and social policy
Stephen McKay (University of Bristol)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

03 December 2003   12:45 - 14:00
Changes in Living Standards and Hardship among Low-income Families, 1999-2002.
Alan Marsh (Policy Studies Institute) , joint with Sandra Vegeris
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

12 November 2003   12:45 - 14:00
Take-up of multiple means-tested benefits by British pensioners: Evidence from the Family Resources Survey.
Ruth Hancock (University of Leicester) , joint with Steve Pudney
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

22 October 2003   12:45 - 14:00
Means-tested pensions and early retirement.
James Sefton (Imperial College, London)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

21 March 2002   12:45 - 14:00
Trends in intergenerational earnings mobility.
Angela Fertig (Princeton University)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

13 March 2002   12:45 - 14:00
International Trends in Poverty: how rates mislead but intensity and labour supply matter.
Lars Osberg (Institute for Social and Economic Research, Essex, and Dalhousie University, Canada)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

20 February 2002   12:45 - 14:00
Long-term Effects of Social Disadvantage on Individual Adjustment: a life course perspective.
Ingrid Schoon (City University)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

23 January 2002   12:45 - 14:00
Poverty and Social Security: public views and government policies.
John Hills (CASE, LSE)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

05 December 2001   12:45 - 14:00
Does Low Income in Early Childhood affects Adolescent School Attainment? Evidence from Germany
Chris Schluter (Department of Economics, University of Bristol)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

07 November 2001   12:45 - 14:00
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Lars Osberg (Institute for Social and Economic Research, Essex, and Dalhousie University, Canada)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2

24 October 2001   12:45 - 14:00
Ethnic Minorities and the Experience of Poverty
Lucinda Platt (Department of Sociology, University of Essex)
Location: LRB 505  Michio Morishima Room
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2